Needle-threader.



M. J. WEBB.

NEEDLE THREADER. APPLICATION FILED nc.22. 191s.

Patented Dec. 17", 1918.

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MICHAEL JOSEPH WEBB, 0F KINGSTOWN, IRELAND.

NEEDLE-THREADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed December 22, 1916. Serial No. 138,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. WEBB, a subject of Great Britain andIreland, residing at 16 Corrig avenue, Kingstown, in the county ofDublin, Ireland, have invented a new and Improved Needle- Threader, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is in the class of needlethreaders having a butt endprovided with a longitudinal wedge-shaped slit to receive a thread. Thespecific construction of my device is hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawing, in which it is represented inplan view. 7

The elongated body A of my improved needle-threader is constructed of athin, narrow plate of metal, or other suitable material, one end beingpointed and the other B, provided with a longitudinal slit which tapersuniformly from the outer to the inner end having a transverse eye midwayof its length. By this construction opposite jaws are formed, the samehaving a certain degree of elasticity and being rounded or formed onoutwardly diverging, curved lines, as shown. It is obvious that theextension of the slit inward beyond the eye increases the clasticity ofthe jaws.

It will be understood that the device is made of various sizes to adaptit for use with needles having eyes of diiferent diameters.

In practical use, a thread is laid between the curved convex ends of thejaws and pressed or drawn into and along the slit and thus into the eye,the elasticity of the jaws permitting them to yield slightly so that theoperation is easily and quickly effected. Thus the device is ready forthreading needles with convenience and despatch.

I claim:

The device as herein characterized consisting of an elongated fiat strippointed at one end and having the butt end slitted longitudinally, theside walls of the slit tapering uniformly inwardly to form an extremelynarrow crotch portion, said slit producing resilient arms at the buttend of the threader, the said tapering walls of the slit having opposingcomplementary semi-circular notches intermediate their inner and outerextremities, whereby the resiliency of the aforesaid arms is increased,the resilient arms adapted to tightly grip a thread at the crotchportion, whereby the entire strip with its thread may be passedthroughthe eye of a needle to thread the same.

Dated this 4th day of December 1916.

MICHAEL JOSEPH WEBB.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. ADAMS, EDWARD L. ADAMS, Jr.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Baton, Washington, D. 0.

